Originally Posted by mtbthis

I was afraid you were gonna say that. I'm at ASU right now. Mesa Pilot Development is who ASU contracts for Pilot Training. I greatly dislike them. Granted I am not training with them, all my friends are. They are way over priced and the procedures and their way of doing things, in my opinion, are ridiculous.
Now I ask you this: Do you want to be an airline pilot? If so, then MPD might be the way for you. They literally are an airline, and their students go off of how they run their airline. In regards to training, it is pretty much a pilot farm (though not as bad at ATP). They teach you nothing but how to go from Point A to Point B. Like an airline. They use their own dispatch frequencies, departures, etc. It's not a stick and rudder school that will teach you how to really fly an aircraft. They even have to wear a uniform.
If you love flying and are just looking for you PPL, INS, maybe your COM, then go to some of the local fields and talk to some of the flight schools. (Falcon Field, Chandler, etc.) You will be able to find a much more friendly , much less expensive environment to fly and be just as, if not more proficient, than the guys at MPD.
ASU offers a bunch of great majors, and as you all ready know it's quite the school to party at. Lot's of girls, lots of social events going on all the time. If you chose to go with MPD, you are required to live at the Polytechnic campus (unless you live at home) which is nothing like the main campus.
Any other questions just post them. I don't think you have PM rights yet.